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Roberto Olayo Alarcon

Most of my education has been as a student of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM for its name in Spanish). Currently, I am a seventh semester student of the Undergraduate Program in Genomic Sciences from this university. My background consists mainly of a combination of biology, mathematics and computer science.

Most of my research experience has been in bioinformatics and biological data analysis. I believe it is important to tackle one of the most important challenges of our time: Antibiotic Resistance.

Currently, I am searching for postgraduate opportunities to progress my career as a researcher. I would like to do research that aims to solve questions dealing with antibiotic resistance through a quantitative/computational approach.

Education

Bs.C Genomic Sciences

National Autonomous Univeristy of Mexico

Cuernavaca, Mexico

2020 - 2016

  • Current general grade: 9.83/10
  • Four-year bachelor’s program. Combined background of biology, mathematics and informatics.

High School

Escuela Nacional Preparatoria 6 “Antonio Caso” UNAM

Mexico City, Mexico

2016 - 2013

  • General grade: 9.48/10
  • Specialized in biological and chemical studies

Publications

GeDex: A consensus Gene-disease Event Extraction System based on frequency patterns and supervised learning

Currently under review.

N/A

2019

Awards and Scholarships

Beca Excelencia Academica Olimpiadas

Mexican Academy of Sciences

N/A

2020 - 2018

  • This scholarship is awarded by the Mexican Academy of Sciences to bachelor students with high academic achievement and that were awarded a medal at one the National Science Olympiads

Programa de Capacitacion en Metodos de Investigacion

Secretariat of Public Education and National Autonomous University of Mexico

N/A

2016

  • This scholarship finances international internships for students, of any level, with high academic achievement.

Pre-University Science Fair

Second Place

N/A

2016

  • This science fair awards outstanding projects performed by high-school students in public institutions
  • Described the effect of garlic extracts as an inhibitor of growth of fungus.

National Biology Olympiad

Third Place

N/A

2016

  • The National Biology Olympiad is organized by the Mexican Academy of Sciences.
  • Students that were previously selected by their respective state competitions, take a written and practical exam in hopes of reaching first place, and the chance to represent Mexico in international competitions.

LANGUAGES

Spanish: Native

English: Native

German: Beginner

Research Experience

I have mainly worked in the areas of Epigenomics, Machine Learning and Metagenomics; almost always involved in the computational aspects of the projects I participate in.

Dr. Robert Schneider

Institute of Functional Epigenetics

Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen

2020 - 2019

  • Describing mechanisms behind transcriptional memory.
  • Used predictive models to relate enhancers to regulated genes.
  • Describing possible roles of Histone 1 subtypes during cell differentiation.

Dr. Carlos Medez Cruz

Center for Genomic Sciences UNAM

UNAM

2020 - 2018

  • Supervised learning approaches in Natural Language Processing
  • Developed GeDEx; an automatic tool that captures consensus relationships between genes and diseases from a collection of abstracts.
  • Benchmarked performance of Deep Learning models to predict antibiotic resistance from genomic sequences.

Dr. Julio Freyre

Center for Genomic Sciences UNAM

UNAM

2019 - 2017

  • Participated in Systems Biology Workshop
  • Implemented and reviewed tools that predict gene regulatory networks in bacteria (manuscript in preparation)

Dr. Alejandro Sanchez Flores

Institute of Biotechnology

UNAM

2019 - 2018

  • Participated in metagenomics workshop
  • Uncovered changes in the microbiome of pigs during the first months of life, as a result of consumption of different diets
  • Uncovered differentially expressed genes in intestinal tissues as a result of consumption of different diets

Dr. Robert Schneider

Institute of Functional Epigenetics

Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen

2018

  • Uncovered genes that show transcriptional memory after repeated exposure to stress.
  • Summer internship

Dr. Ana de Busturia

Centro de Biologia Molecular Severo Ochoa

Autonomous University of Madrid

2017

  • Regulation of polycomb genes by non-coding RNAs
  • Winter internship made possible by the Programa de Capacitacion en Metodos de Investigacion scholarship

Dr. Santiago Castillo

Center for Genomic Sciences

UNAM

2017

  • Detection of insertion sequences conferring antibiotic resistance in A. baumanii strains.
  • Phylogenomics and comparative genomics.
  • Fall semester internship

Ms.C Esteban Lopez

Escuela Nacional Preparatoria 6 “Antonio Caso” UNAM

UNAM

2016 - 2015

  • Described the effect of garlic extracts as an inhibitor of growth of fungus.
  • Won second place in the pre-university science fair

Dr. Magda Latorre Esteves

Winter 2012 Pre-College Research Symposium

University of Puerto Rico

2013

  • Analyzed the effect of time of exposure to UV light on the growth of S. cerevisiae.
  • Presented poster at a symposium

Teaching Experience

I really like being involved in teaching and science communication. I believe that teachers have allowed me to reach my goals, and I would like to help others do the same.

Seminar in Statistics

Center for Genomic Sciences

UNAM

2019

  • Teaching Assistant. Also lectured on basics of R
  • This class is offered to undergraduates and postgraduates working at the Center for Genomic Sciences
  • Organized by Dr. Ayari Fuentes and Dr. Diego Cortez

Introduction to Machine Learning

Center for Genomic Sciences

UNAM

2019

  • Teaching Assistant. Lectured session on backpropagation
  • Course offered to students interested in Machine Learning and Deep Learning at the Center for Genomic Sciences
  • Course organized by Dr. Carlos Mendez Cruz

Preparation for the State Biology Olympiad

Escuela Nacional Preparatoria 6 “Antonio Caso”

UNAM

2016

  • Organized and lectured
  • Summer course offered to high-school students interested in participating in the selection round for the National Biology Olympiad
  • Organized by Ms.C Esteban Lopez

Special Courses

Antibiotic Resistance: Mechanisms and Perspectives

Center for Genomic Sciences

UNAM

2019

  • Graduate course offered to students at the Center for Genomic Sciences.
  • Organized by Dr. Miguel Cevallos Gaos

Worskhop: Introduction to Deep Learning

Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Morelos

UNAM

2018

  • Workshop offered to anybody interested in deep learning
  • Lectured by Dr. Edgar F. Román Rangel

Basics of Applied Machine Learning

Center for Genomic Sciences

UNAM

2018

  • Optional undergraduate course.
  • Organized by Dr. Carlos Mendez Cruz

Press (About)

Tres medallas para preparatorianos en la Olimpiada Nacional de Biologia

Gaceta Universitaria de la ENP

N/A

2016